Seashell vs. Conch
Seashellnoun
the empty shell of a marine mollusk
Seashellnoun
A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
Seashelladjective
Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashell.
Seashellnoun
The shell of any marine mollusk.
Seashellnoun
the shell of a marine organism
Seashell
A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal.
Conchnoun
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
Conchnoun
The shell of this sea animal.
Conchnoun
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
Conchnoun
(architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
Conchnoun
synonym of concher
Conchverb
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
Conchverb
To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
Conchnoun
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. Strombus gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo and cameo conch.
Conchnoun
In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
Conchnoun
One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; - so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
Conchnoun
See Concha, n.
Conchnoun
The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.
Conchnoun
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
Conch
Conch () is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).
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